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DESCRIPTION:TO BOOK: Call Lizzy Mafalo on (011) 880-9749 or email Lizzy <ma
	ilto:lizzy@qualitylife.co.za?subject=Politics>  with your contact details.
	\n“The operational definition of Political Savvy is ethically building a
	 critical mass of support for an idea you care about.” (Joel R. DeLuca\,
	 Ph.D)\nWhen a group of people comes together there is a political dynamic
	 – it’s unavoidable. Somebody will have an idea that they believe is b
	etter than the other ideas and then they will try to find supporters in or
	der to gain influence. On one level it’s as simple as that… Whether we
	 like it or not\, we are all in this game. If we work with people there is
	 no escape. There are three positions in this game of life:\n1. You are pl
	ayed\,\n2. You are a player OR\n3. You become the game maker\nIf you under
	stand power and organisational politics you stand a much better chance of 
	ethically “playing the game”. In other words\, a better chance of mana
	ging your career and managing your colleagues. Ignorance will leave you op
	en to exploitation – worse still you might unknowingly damage others.\nO
	wning your own political power is one of the key issues that could unlock 
	your future career. Would you like to become much harder to manipulate? Is
	 your organisation taking your career where you want it to go? Are there s
	ometimes strategic advantages to be gained from being played?\nThis engagi
	ng seminar\, using the metaphor of the “three positions”\, will expose
	 you to some of the research done in the field of power and organisational
	 politics. For example\, did you know that the modern organisation is ofte
	n structured in a way that unconsciously promotes political behaviour? Or 
	that there are meticulously researched and documented strategies that peop
	le use to gain control. Wouldn’t it be helpful to know what these are? W
	hat about ethics and power? Could you use your organisational power to ach
	ieve good? Maybe you want to understand how you could use your understandi
	ng of power and organisational politics to bring about some profound chang
	e for the good?\nIf you attend this seminar you will discover:\n- Where po
	litical power is wired into the modern organisation.\n- The power games pe
	ople play.\n- Popping the bubble of manipulative rhetoric.\n- Where abusiv
	e organisational power might have damaged you and how to start healing.\n-
	 Political potholes to avoid.\n- Sources of power and influence you can us
	e.\n- How to develop and use your power ethically to advance your career.\
	n- Power positions for early\, mid and late career.\nImportant changes tha
	t are shaping the nature of work in today’s complex organizations demand
	 that we become more sophisticated with respect to issues of leadership\, 
	power\, and influence.\n“Beyond the yellow brick road of naïveté and t
	he mugger’s lane of cynicism\, there is a narrow path\, poorly lit\, har
	d to find\, and even harder to stay on once found. People who have the ski
	lls and the perseverance to take that path serve us in countless ways.” 
	(John P. Kotter. 1985 Power and Influence beyond Formal Authority)\nWorksh
	op Details\nJohannesburg\nDATE: Wednesday 27 July 2011\nVENUE: Houghton Bo
	ardroom\, 17 – 5th Street\, Houghton Estate\, Johannesburg\nTIME: 8:00am
	 for 8:30am until 4:30pm\nCOST: R3150 excl vat\nWorkshop facilitator\nJohn
	 Ballam (M.Phil. Applied Business Ethics) is a seasoned organisational dev
	elopment consultant and tertiary academic. He has consulted to numerous or
	ganisations in the private\, public and NGO spheres since 1995. His specia
	l field of interest is in business ethics\, in particular\, the area of au
	thentic adult identity formation in contemporary culture. The learning env
	ironments he creates are well researched\, invigorating journeys of discov
	ery. John is a refreshingly transparent trickster figure – quirky\, open
	 to owning his shadow\; happy to see you dance towards embracing yours. He
	 would be delighted to help you subvert the puerile ‘pure and simple’ 
	in order to embrace a refreshingly robust ethical complexity.\nTO BOOK: Ca
	ll Lizzy Mafalo on (011) 880-9749 or email Lizzy <mailto:lizzy@qualitylife
	.co.za?subject=Politics>  with your contact details.\n
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LOCATION:Houghton Boardroom\, 17 – 5th Street\, Houghton Estate\, Johanne
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-za:Just Live it! – creating authentic values in the w
	orkplace
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	t distance in the world is between a person’s head and their heart”</I
	> Anonymous</SPAN></P>\n\n<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-za">Company values are
	 spoken about by many\, embraced by few. This is not surprising. Values cu
	t to the core of who we are. Values are transferred from person to person 
	via personal participation\, emotion and organisational culture. Only wort
	hwhile values anchored in action change behaviour.</SPAN></P>\n\n<P DIR=LT
	R><SPAN LANG="en-za">Some organisations do this very successfully\; their 
	people become ‘brand believers\,’ filled with a sense of purpose and c
	ommitment. These employees are ‘on fire\,’ they see what they do as ha
	ving a real impact on the world\, usually for the better. Would you like t
	o feel like this? Would you like to learn how to help your organisation do
	 this? From the outside it might seem magical\, or more cynically motivati
	onal ‘hocus pocus\,’ it’s not. Like most things it means acquiring a
	 new perspective and gaining access to a set of skills. Families\, countri
	es\, movements and organisations that successfully transfer liveable value
	s do this by using a large variety of techniques\, all of which can be lea
	rnt.</SPAN></P>\n\n<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-za"><B>TO BOOK:</B><FONT COLO
	R="#FF6600"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-za"> Call Lizzy Mafalo on (011) 8
	80-9749 or email </SPAN><A HREF="mailto:lizzy@qualitylife.co.za?subject=Va
	lues"><SPAN LANG="en-za"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Lizzy</FONT></U></SPAN><
	SPAN LANG="en-za"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-za"> with your contact details
	.</SPAN></P>\n\n<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-za">In this one day seminar we w
	ill look at:</SPAN></P>\n\n<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-za"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE
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	"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-za"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Values &amp\; purpose\, 
	the psychology of how people acquire them</FONT></SPAN></P>\n\n<P DIR=LTR>
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	ew">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN L
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	believers as opposed to employees</FONT></SPAN></P>\n\n<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LA
	NG="en-za"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Symbol">&#183\;<FONT FACE="Courier New">&nbs
	p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-
	za"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Practical techniques that can be used to help em
	ployees live their values\, namely\, value conversations\, value debates\,
	 value think tanks\, value chain design and tracking\, performance revue e
	mbedding\, value symbolisation in heroes\, sagas and founding stories.</FO
	NT></SPAN></P>\n\n<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-za"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-za">
	<B>Note:</B> This workshop can be facilitated in-house.</SPAN></P>\n\n<P D
	IR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-za"><B>When and where</B><BR>\n<B>Johannesburg</B><B
	R>\n<B><I>DATE:</I></B> Tuesday 7 February 2012<BR>\n<B><I>VENUE:</I></B><
	FONT COLOR="#FF6600"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-za"> Houghton Boardroom\
	, 17 – 5th Street\, Houghton Estate\, Johannesburg<BR>\n<B><I>TIME:</I><
	/B> 8:00 am for 8:30am until 4:30pm<BR>\n<B><I>COST:</I></B> R3400 excl va
	t.</SPAN></P>\n\n<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-za"><B>About the facilitator</B
	><B><BR>\n</B><B>John Ballam</B> (M.Phil. Applied Business Ethics) is a se
	asoned organisational development consultant and tertiary academic. He has
	 consulted to numerous organisations in the private\, public and NGO spher
	es since 1995. His special field of interest is in business ethics\, in pa
	rticular\, the area of authentic adult identity formation in contemporary 
	culture. The learning environments he creates are well researched\, invigo
	rating journeys of discovery. John is a refreshingly transparent trickster
	 figure – quirky\, open to owning his shadow\; happy to see you dance to
	wards embracing yours. He would be delighted to help you subvert the pueri
	le ‘pure and simple’ in order to embrace a refreshingly robust ethical
	 complexity.</SPAN></P>\n\n<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-za"><B>TO BOOK:</B> C
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